Jan 10, 2001 06:01
23 yrs ago
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German term
Spain
Julie Neill, BA (Hons), MCIL, MITI
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Native in: English 
Works in: German to English
Petty coat
German to English
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Ein viel geschätztes Designidol der 50er Jahre, wie Petty coat und Music box.
This is talking about the bubble car designed by Fritz Fend but what are the other things mentioned - Petty coat and Music box. Obviously they are already in English but I do not know what is being referred to and why should the first word start with a capital letter and the second with a small letter for both things?
This is talking about the bubble car designed by Fritz Fend but what are the other things mentioned - Petty coat and Music box. Obviously they are already in English but I do not know what is being referred to and why should the first word start with a capital letter and the second with a small letter for both things?
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Eva Gerkrath
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Eva Gerkrath
Netherlands
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Pettycoat
Hi! I German they should be spelled "Petticoat" and "Musikbox", just bad spelling, really. Not just any old pettycoat is meant, that would be just "Unterrock", it's the stiffened big 50`s petticoat (often with more than one layer). Musikbox is "German" for jukebox. HTH, Eva
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Comment: "Thanks, I think the bad spelling threw me."
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Agius Language & Translation
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Not sure how much this will help you..
These were also things that were very popular and fashionable in the 50's and are things we often think about when talking about this era. Petty Coat should be spelled Petticoat (UK English anyhow) and is a woman's underskirt. The music box - is a mechanical instrument that plays tunes by means of pins on a revolving cyclinder - there are various types of these. I don't know why the frist word is capitilised and not the second sorry. Hope this helps a little anyhow. I just noticed you are in UK sorry - you probably knew all this.....Claire
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petticoat
I agree with Gekrath and she should get the credit for spotting Musikbox as meaning "jukebox" in English.
I just wanted to point out that the words both have a capital at the beginning because that is the German convention for all nouns. (I haven't checked on the 'Neue Rechtschreibung' yet, though!)
Yes, careless spelling accounts for the rest.
I just wanted to point out that the words both have a capital at the beginning because that is the German convention for all nouns. (I haven't checked on the 'Neue Rechtschreibung' yet, though!)
Yes, careless spelling accounts for the rest.
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